From: "Lita Coucher" <lita_coucher-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: voyeurism
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:38:20 -0500



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From: Lynn Heyden <lythe380-AT-hotmail.com>
To: <film-theory-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: voyeurism


> >What role does voyeurism play in the cinematic expereience?
>
> I'm not a scholar, either, but I think Lynn has hit a nail on a head here.
My first thought was "train wreck."  You know you shouldn't watch, but are
strangely compelled to.  It definitly goes beyond curiosity, into a deeper
internal need to delve into the forbidden.  I think voyeurism is more
involved in darker films than romantic comidies, for example.  A "slice of
life" piece doesn't qualify, does it?  Can an academic comment here?  Help
me draw this out a bit.

Jenna
> It is a chance to see/experience things that are forbidden to us in real
> life?
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